Pacific Railway Act of 1862

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1862
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1864
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:category gptkb:Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States
1862 in American law
United States federal transportation legislation
gptkbp:citation 12 Stat. 489
gptkbp:dateEnacted July 1, 1862
gptkbp:effect enabled construction of railroad from Missouri River to Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pacific Railway Act of 1862
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:provides land grants
government bonds
gptkbp:purpose to promote the construction of the transcontinental railroad
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:First_Transcontinental_Railroad
gptkbp:repealedBy no
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Justin_Smith_Morrill
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:12_Stat._503
gptkb:12_Stat._589
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6